A qualitative study on compassion fatigue experience and influencing factors of geriatric nurses.

IF 1.2 4区医学 Q2 MEDICINE, GENERAL & INTERNAL

Pakistan Journal of Medical Sciences Pub Date : 2025-04-01 DOI:10.12669/pjms.41.4.9051

Yang Dong, Yuee Huang, Danli Li, Xiaoling Li, Hongying Rao

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Abstract

Objective: With the rapid development of an aging society, the workload of geriatric nurses is increasing, but their psychological health issues are not receiving enough attention. This study explores the experience of compassion fatigue and its influencing factors among geriatric nurses, and provides targeted recommendations.

Methods: This qualitative study, conducted at the Guangzhou First People's Hospital. Sixteen nurses of a geriatric department were selected using purposive sampling and subjected to semi-structured in-depth interviews. The study was carried out from September 2022 to February 2023, Colaizzi's method was used to analyze the qualitative data obtained from the interviews.

Results: Three main themes were extracted from the analysis: compassion fatigue greatly affects my personal mentality, various things can cause nurses to experience compassion fatigue, and compassion fatigue causes many problems in the lives and work of nurses, including ten sub-themes.

Conclusion: This qualitative study reports nurses in geriatric department are prone to compassion fatigue. The factors influencing nurses' compassion fatigue need to be correctly identified so that targeted pre-control strategies can be adopted to promote nurses' physical and mental health, increase compassion satisfaction and reduce burnout.

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老年护士同情疲劳体验及影响因素的质性研究。

目的：随着老龄化社会的快速发展，老年护士的工作量不断增加，但老年护士的心理健康问题却没有得到足够的重视。本研究旨在探讨老年护士的同情疲劳体验及其影响因素，并提出针对性的建议。方法：本定性研究在广州市第一人民医院进行。采用有目的抽样的方法，选取某老年科16名护士进行半结构化深度访谈。研究时间为2022年9月至2023年2月，采用Colaizzi的方法对访谈中获得的定性数据进行分析。结果：从分析中提炼出三个主要主题：同情疲劳极大地影响了我的个人心态，各种事情都可能导致护士经历同情疲劳，同情疲劳在护士的生活和工作中造成许多问题，其中包括十个子主题。结论：本定性研究报告老年科护士易发生同情疲劳。正确识别护士同情疲劳的影响因素，采取有针对性的事前控制策略，促进护士身心健康，提高同情满意度，减少倦怠。

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Pakistan Journal of Medical Sciences 医学-医学：内科

CiteScore

4.10

自引率

9.10%

发文量

363

审稿时长

3-6 weeks

期刊介绍： It is a peer reviewed medical journal published regularly since 1984. It was previously known as quarterly "SPECIALIST" till December 31st 1999. It publishes original research articles, review articles, current practices, short communications & case reports. It attracts manuscripts not only from within Pakistan but also from over fifty countries from abroad. Copies of PJMS are sent to all the import medical libraries all over Pakistan and overseas particularly in South East Asia and Asia Pacific besides WHO EMRO Region countries. Eminent members of the medical profession at home and abroad regularly contribute their write-ups, manuscripts in our publications. We pursue an independent editorial policy, which allows an opportunity to the healthcare professionals to express their views without any fear or favour. That is why many opinion makers among the medical and pharmaceutical profession use this publication to communicate their viewpoint.